Economics, Organization and Management
United States Edition
Published on 1. March 1992
Book
Hardback
640 pages
978-0-13-224650-7 (ISBN)
Description
A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern firm, this book draws on the insights of a variety of areas in modern economics and other disciplines, but presents a coherent, consistent, innovative treatment of the central problems in organizations of motivating people and coordinating their activities.
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Content
I. THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK.
1. Does Organization Matter?
2. Economic Organization and Efficiency.
II. THEORIES OF COORDINATION AND MOTIVATION.
3. Using Prices for Coordination and Motivation.
4. Coordinating Plans and Actions.
5. Incentives and Motivation.
6. Moral Hazard.
7. Risk Sharing and Incentive Contracts.
8. Rents and Efficiency.
III. COORDINATION, MOTIVATION, AND MANAGEMENT.
9. Ownership and Property Rights.
10. Employment Policy and Human-Resource Management.
11. Internal Labor Markets, Job Assignments, and Promotions.
12. Compensation and Motivation.
13. Executive and Managerial Compensation.
IV. DESIGNING AND CHOOSING ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS.
14. The Classical Theory of Investments and Finance.
15. Financial Structure, Ownership, and Corporate Control.
16. The Boundaries and Structure of the Firm.
Glossary.
Author and Subject Indexes.
1. Does Organization Matter?
2. Economic Organization and Efficiency.
II. THEORIES OF COORDINATION AND MOTIVATION.
3. Using Prices for Coordination and Motivation.
4. Coordinating Plans and Actions.
5. Incentives and Motivation.
6. Moral Hazard.
7. Risk Sharing and Incentive Contracts.
8. Rents and Efficiency.
III. COORDINATION, MOTIVATION, AND MANAGEMENT.
9. Ownership and Property Rights.
10. Employment Policy and Human-Resource Management.
11. Internal Labor Markets, Job Assignments, and Promotions.
12. Compensation and Motivation.
13. Executive and Managerial Compensation.
IV. DESIGNING AND CHOOSING ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS.
14. The Classical Theory of Investments and Finance.
15. Financial Structure, Ownership, and Corporate Control.
16. The Boundaries and Structure of the Firm.
Glossary.
Author and Subject Indexes.